kerry sanders is standing by with the very latest on this. explain the crafty way these four escaped. >> reporter: well, very crafty because they found a hole in a system. but they found a way in a new system because the jail here is only really about a year old. $11 million spent for the new jail and the court complex here. the sheriff is here right now. sheriff gene cain, i'm sort of curious, first of all, not to be too rude but are you embarrassed by this? >> well, i'm not embarrassed, you know, it just happened. it happens in all jails. >> reporter: and they found a way out how? they crawled through a grate? >> it's an access panel that's in the pods and they figured out a way to take the screws out that isn't supposed to be able to be taken out. and they just found a way to get up there and they just started trying to crawl around, didn't know where they was going and when they come to a secure wall, they just started trying to break it down. >> and they did? >> broke enough for them to crawl through. >> reporter: so how thin of these? >